Gentoo Fans utb RE: Red Hat and product lifespan

[Leo J Mauler]

On Sat, 22 Nov 2003 05:57:21 +0000 lerninlinux at comcast.net writes:
> I have been messing with different distros and would like to try 
> Gentoo, as I think it might help me learn better.  

Well, I'm not ready to do that much "learning".  :)

> I was wondering what speeds of machines you all compile (and 
> run if compile on other machine) it on; cpu and mem size vs time. 
> I have 3 reasonably fast machines and 4 or 5 slow ones.  

I have a couple spare slow computers.  If I need to compile anything 
I usually drop it on one of the slow computers and leave it alone (unless

it needs to be compiled on a fast machine for some reason).  

> Eventually I would like Linux with an encrypted filesystem on 
> my laptop/desknote as I need to worry about data security with 
> a possible job.  Linux has been serving me well this past year, 
> but I am really unhappy with how slow I feel I am learning, not 
> enough time in the day with multiple jobs and 7 day a week work 
> schedule.  That's why you see me virtually instead of at the 
> meetings!

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